စီးပွား

Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't appear to be mentioned by STEDT. MED considers it an atomic phrase. That said, it could be reasonably be interpreted as a compound of စီး (ci:, to flow) +‎ ပွား (pwa:, to grow, proliferate).”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: စီးဗွား
  • IPA(key): /síbwá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ci:pwa: • ALA-LC: cīʺpvāʺ • BGN/PCGN: si:bwa: • Okell:p

Noun

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စီးပွား (ci:pwa:)

  1. commercial enterprise

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Shan: ၸီးပႂႃး (tsíi pwáa)

Further reading

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